Door-securer.



No. 700,527. Patented May 20, I902.

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DANIEL J. MATHESON, OF NANAIMO, CANADA.

DOOR-SECURER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 700,527, dated. May 20, 1902.

Application filed February 27, 1902, Serial No. 95,893. (No model.)

To all whont it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL J. MATHEsoN, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Nanaimo, in the Province of- British- 5 Columbia and Dominion of Canada, have in' vented certain new and useful Improvements in Door-Securers and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description;

vention consistsof certain novel features ofconstruction, combination, and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim. I

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a transverse sectional view of a door-jamb and edge of a door, illustrating the application of the invention; and Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the fastener removed.

Referring to the drawings, 1 denotes what 35 I shall term the anchor-plate, provided at one end with embedding-points 2, which extend at an angle to the plate and are adapted to be buried into thejambofthedoor. This plate has struck up from it at a point inter- 4'0 mediate its length a gage, which limits the distance of insertion between the doon-ja'mb' and edge ofthe door! 3 denotes astop which is pivoted in an skilled in the art to which it appertains to The device is applied as follows: Assuming the door to be open, the prongsare placed ,against the side of'the 'door-jamb with the d gage-plate resting against the face of the door-jamb. The'door'is'now closed and in being closed-buries the prongs into the doorjamb.' The stop is'now swung to a horizon talposition to loo-within the path of move 'ment of the door should any one attempt to ropen it and is held in this position by its fin .ger engaging the gage-plate. It will thus be seen that the gage-plate performs a doub e functionato Wit, it enables the fastener to be properly adjusted to the door-frame, sothat when the door is closed the stop maybe swung down and have its free end in close proximity to the door, and it also provides means for supporting the stop in its horizontal or operative position.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction, mode of operation, and advantages of the invention will be readily un derstood without requiring an extended ex ,planation. Various changes in the form, proportion, and details of construction may be made within the scope ofthe invention without departing from'the spiritor sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and d'esire to secure by Letters Patent, is-g A door-fastener comprising an anchor-plate and a hinged stop, the anchor-plate being pro vided with afgage-plate struck up therefrom and the stop with a finger to engage said gageplate and to hold the stop in a horizontal position, substantially asset forth.

In testimony whereof I have h'ereunto set ;-my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

DANIEL .IQMATHESON;

Witnessesi v A. W. Ro'Ls'roN, O. M. WENORTH; 

